*lindō

Runic: ᛚᛁᚾᛞᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈlin.dɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

linden tree
shield (made of linden wood)

Etymology

Possibly related to *linþaz (‘mild, soft’). Has also been compared to Albanian lëndë (‘wood, material’), Lithuanian lentà (‘(linden) board’), Russian лут (lut, ‘(linden) bast’) (< Proto-Slavic *lǫtъ), thereby perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *lentéh₂.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	lindō	lindôz
Acc.	lindǭ	lindōz
Gen.	lindōz	lindǫ̂
Dat.	lindōi	lindōmaz
Inst.	lindō	lindōmiz
Voc.	lindō	lindôz

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Descendants

*lindu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *linda (Old Dutch)
  - linde (Middle Dutch)
    - linde (Dutch)
*lindu (Proto-West Germanic)
- lind (Old English)
  - lynde, lynd, linde, lind, lyne, lyn (Middle English)
    - lind, lime (English)
    - lind, lynde, leind (Scots)
*lindu (Proto-West Germanic)
- linta (Old High German)
  - linde (Middle High German)
    - Lindn (Bavarian)
    - Linde (German)
    - Lann (Luxembourgish)
*lindu (Proto-West Germanic)
- linda, lindia (Old Saxon)
  - linde (Middle Low German)
lind (Old Norse)
- lind (Danish)
- lind (Icelandic)
lind (Old Norse)
- lind (Old Swedish)
  - lind (Swedish)

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